Camp: private conversations

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Respond here for a private conversation with Red! All comment threads are screened.

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saturday

[fallbymyhands]

[sometime later, Mitsuru knocks on Red's door again, cell phone in hand. hi counselor]

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He-

[Oh. There's her cell phone.]

...

[fallbymyhands]

[YEP]

You. . . threw this, earlier. I retrieved it for you.

[awkward]

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[So awkward.

But she will take it back.]

Thank you, Mitsuru.

[She fully expects that Mitsuru went through her shit though.]

[fallbymyhands]

[yyyyyeah]

[links her hands together and bows apologetically]

As you might have expected, I and Amamiay went through your phone for any information we could obtain about your employers. We avoided as many personal aspects of it as possible.

I realize this is a violation of privacy, and I'm sorry.

[but. . . she felt it was necessary]

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Well I suppose as long as you didn't find the naughty pictures, that's fine.

[She's teasing, she knows there's no naughty pictures on her phone.

Well. Except that one. But that's just suggestive, not naughty.]

[fallbymyhands]

[oh my god she turns BRIGHT RED]

Believe me, had Amamiya and I stumbled across such photos, I would have executed him for daring to even open them. . .!

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Of course. I trust you not to snoop into personal things like that.

[And she trusts Mitsuru to keep Ren in line.]

[fallbymyhands]

[huffs!!]

I'm grateful you have that much faith in me, at the very least.

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[She's still checking her stuff though.]

...huh. Was I really in the middle of a raid fight? Anyway, thank you for returning it.

[fallbymyhands]

You're welcome.

[. . .]

How are you faring, after that?

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I'm...not happy with what happened.

[fallbymyhands]

No one is.

[she curls her hands into the fabric of her shirt, arms crossed]

What they asked you do to was utterly vile.

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[...right, she probably read the text message.]

I would have let it go, if I could have. Just 'killed' his body, and let his candy go free.

[fallbymyhands]

I know.

[she saw that Red was prepared to do just that]

You aren't inherently cruel. Not like. . . your boss.

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He just doesn't understand. We're not people to him. We're expendable. That's why I have to-

[She stops herself there.]

...my apologies. I shouldn't burden you with any of this.

1/2

[fallbymyhands]

Non. That's why I'm here, Red. To help you shoulder this burden.

[fallbymyhands]

[except then she realizes how presumptuous that may sound, and quickly adds]

. . . if you would let me, of course.

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[Oh no that's adorable.

And luckily Mitsuru passes the CR check there, so.]

It...might be nice, to have someone to rely on. Normally the other counselors are fully aware of what's going on and can help, but...

[Well. Mitsuru knows the situation with Stan. and Dan is dead.]

[fallbymyhands]

[KIRIJO GETTING BETTER AT WORKING THAT CR]

Pines is. . . compromised. I understand.

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Truthfully he shouldn't be here. He's...I don't even know where he would work, but the truth of this camp would break him.

[fallbymyhands]

I see. . . [so that's why they did what the ydid to his mind]

Underneath it all, he seems like a gentle soul. I can't imagine why they sent him to work here in the first place.

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I think they just didn't have anywhere else to put him, honestly.

[fallbymyhands]

Perhaps. . . but in that case, I can't imagine a man like him coming to work for your organization willingly.

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...mmm.

[It's a thoughtful noise. Stan isn't a camper, so she doesn't have his profile to look at.]